公开(公告)号：US20210177223A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17125197

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN ,  Nathan HERRMANN ,  Max P. LACOMA ,  Devan SCHAPPLER ,  Adam UDY ,  Donald WILLIAMS ,  Hanzon R. HUNT

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/00

Abstract: A nozzle having castellations provides high suction pressure while also allowing for large pieces of debris to pass through inlet openings. In more detail, a nozzle for a surface treatment/cleaning apparatus is disclosed herein. The nozzle provides a suction channel through which debris passes into a main body of the surface treatment apparatus. Castellations are provided along a leading edge of the nozzle to allow debris to pass through the leading edge to the suction channel, and into the main body during, for instance, forward and reverse strokes of the surface treatment apparatus. In an embodiment, the castellations further include receptacles/cavities to receive and securely hold wheels therein. The wheels may extend from the nozzle at a predefined angle, also referred to herein as a camber angle, to improve vacuum handling and reduce noise during operation.

公开(公告)号：US20170347848A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-07

申请号：US15685456

申请日：2017-08-24

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Steven Paul CARTER ,  Adam UDY ,  Catriona A. SUTTER ,  Christopher PINCHES ,  David S. CLARE ,  Andre David BROWN ,  John FREESE ,  Patrick CLEARY ,  Alexander CALVINO ,  Lee COTTRELL ,  Daniel MEYER ,  Daniel John INNES ,  David JALBERT ,  Jason THORNE ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Gordon HOWE ,  Nancy GAO WENXIU ,  David WU ,  David W. POIRIER ,  Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN

IPC: A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A47L5/30 ,  A47L5/34 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0444 ,  A47L9/0461 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488

Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) and a removable cover for covering a top of the agitators and allowing access to the agitators from a top of the surface cleaning head. The dual agitators may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The brush roll may be located in a brush roll chamber and at least partially in an opening to the suction conduit. The leading roller may be positioned adjacent to and in advance of the suction conduit opening such that the leading roller engages debris and moves the debris toward the brush roll and the opening. The leading roller may be removable from the housing and held in place by the removable cover. The cover may be coupled using isolated latching mechanisms.

公开(公告)号：US20240292995A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18664955

申请日：2024-05-15

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Adam UDY ,  Lee COTTRELL ,  Chi Ho HUI ,  Jian cheng WANG ,  Fariha AHMED ,  Jennifer ANDREWS ,  Devan SCHAPPLER ,  Dejian HE ,  Kevin O'MALLEY ,  Ognjen VRDOLJAK ,  Peter CAHALY ,  Scott NIEDZWECKI ,  Bartholomew DE BANZIE LAMPARD ,  Qiang LIU ,  Yinhui LI ,  Daniel INNES ,  Jordan RIDGLEY ,  Bin YAO ,  Linqiang FENG ,  Yongsheng LAI ,  Mingchun ZHU ,  Mingliang QIN ,  Xavier CULLERE ,  Zach SHONFELD ,  Ryan SHIMIZU ,  Jeremy MCDANIEL ,  Richard Marc DAHLGREN

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/24 ,  A47L11/30

CPC classification number: A47L11/4083 ,  A47L5/225 ,  A47L11/4016 ,  A47L11/4088 ,  A47L9/242 ,  A47L11/302

Abstract: An extraction cleaner may include a base, an upright body pivotally coupled to the base, a supply tank removably coupled to the upright body and a recovery tank removably coupled to the upright body. The base may include a non-removable door and a removable suction nozzle. At least one fluid dispensing nozzle may be provided on the door. The door may be pivotally coupled to the base for providing access to an agitator. The cleaner may include and auto-spray configuration. The cleaner may include a support on the upright portion for the recovery tank. The cleaner may include an additive tank received in a receptacle of the supply tank. The recovery tank may include a float and/or an airflow management configuration. The cleaner may include a cleaning tool and a suction changeover valve and/or a fluid changeover valve. The cleaner may include a mixing valve for supplying fluid to a fluid changeover valve. A cleaning composition including an aqueous based cleaning solution mixed, on demand, with an aqueous based oxidizing solution is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240065497A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18387907

申请日：2023-11-08

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Daniel TONDERYS ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Daniel INNES ,  Bastin ANTONISAMI ,  Jason B. THORNE ,  Kai XU ,  Heliang CHEN ,  Adam UDY

IPC: A47L5/24 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L11/24

CPC classification number: A47L5/24 ,  A47L5/225 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/0018 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/0466 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/165 ,  A47L9/1691 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L9/322 ,  A47L9/325 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L9/102 ,  A47L9/1683 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/02 ,  A47L2201/022

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

公开(公告)号：US20230200601A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18111368

申请日：2023-02-17

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Adam UDY ,  Nikola PETROV ,  Daniel J. INNES

IPC: A47L5/28 ,  A47L5/22

CPC classification number: A47L5/28 ,  A47L5/225

Abstract: A nozzle for use with a surface cleaning device is disclosed that includes a nozzle housing defining a dirty air inlet, at least a first caster coupled to the nozzle housing to allow for movement of the nozzle housing over a surface to be cleaned, and a caster locking arrangement coupled to the nozzle housing. The caster locking arrangement preferably includes at least a first locking member to transition the first caster between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, with the locked configuration limiting movement of the nozzle housing along a single axis during cleaning operations, and the unlocked configuration allowing for movement of the nozzle housing along a plurality of axes/directions during cleaning operations.

公开(公告)号：US20220095864A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17497182

申请日：2021-10-08

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN ,  Nathan HERRMANN ,  Steven GACIN ,  Xavier F. CULLERE ,  Adam UDY ,  Vignesh GNANASEKARAN ,  Kai XU

IPC: A47L9/04

Abstract: An agitator for a vacuum cleaner including an elongated main body extending along a pivot axis and having first and second opposite lateral ends, one or more soft cleaning elements extending from elongated main body between the first and second opposite lateral ends, one or more channels formed within the one or more soft cleaning elements and disposed between the first and second opposite lateral ends, and one or more deformable flaps disposed within the one or more channels and extending from the elongated main body.

公开(公告)号：US20220071459A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17466242

申请日：2021-09-03

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Steven GACIN ,  Jason B. THORNE ,  Adam UDY ,  Charles S. BRUNNER ,  Xavier F. CULLERE ,  Nicholas Sardar ,  Ognjen VRDOLJAK ,  Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Daniel J. INNES

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A46B13/02

Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes a housing having a front side and back side, a brush roll rotatably mounted to the housing within a suction conduit and having at least a portion proximate the opening of the suction conduit, a leading roller mounted to the housing in front of the brush roll, and a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the brush roll and the leading roller for driving the brush roll and the leading roller at same time. The brush roll includes an agitator body and a first bristle/flap arrangement comprising a first deformable flap extending from the agitator body and a first bristle strip and/or row of tufts extending from the agitator body and disposed adjacent to the first deformable flap. The first deformable flap is disposed at an aggressive angle and the first bristle strip and/or row of tufts is arranged at a passive angle.

公开(公告)号：US20210315428A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-14

申请号：US17229174

申请日：2021-04-13

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Adam UDY ,  Nikola PETROV ,  Daniel J. INNES

IPC: A47L5/28 ,  A47L5/22

Abstract: A nozzle for use with a surface cleaning device is disclosed that includes a nozzle housing defining a dirty air inlet, at least a first caster coupled to the nozzle housing to allow for movement of the nozzle housing over a surface to be cleaned, and a caster locking arrangement coupled to the nozzle housing. The caster locking arrangement preferably includes at least a first locking member to transition the first caster between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, with the locked configuration limiting movement of the nozzle housing along a single axis during cleaning operations, and the unlocked configuration allowing for movement of the nozzle housing along a plurality of axes/directions during cleaning operations.

公开(公告)号：US20210244248A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17240494

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. THORNE ,  Andre D. BROWN ,  Daniel INNES ,  Lee M. COTTRELL ,  Adam UDY ,  Daniel TONDERYS ,  David CLARE ,  Kai XU

IPC: A47L9/24 ,  A47L5/28

Abstract: A flexible hose for use with surface cleaning devices is disclosed that includes a support structure that allows a user to collapse and lock the same into a storage configuration, and then easily unlock the same using a relatively minor amount of force, e.g., a user-applied pulling force or mechanical force. Thus, in a general sense, a hose consistent with the present disclosure may include two relatively stable/steady-state configurations, namely a storage configuration and an in-use configuration. Thus, the hose allows a user to collapse and lock the hose when not in use, and to transition the hose to an in-use configuration to target various types of surfaces to clean including, for instance, floors, walls and ceilings which may be many feet (e.g., up to 5 feet or more) from the surface cleaning apparatus.